Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of PDAC patients stratified by SKA1 protein expression

Clinical parameters	Overall (n = 145)	SKA1 protein expression		P value
		Low (n = 48)	High (n = 97)
Gender
Male	82	27	55	.959**
Female	63	21	42
Age (y)
Mean ± SD	66.30 ± 9.431	65.59 ± 10.07	66.67 ± 9.12	.602*
>65(%)	55.2	52.1	56.7	.413**
Grade
G1	102	33	69	.767**
G2	43	15	28
T classification
T1 + T2	66	20	46	.512**
T3 + T4	79	28	51
N classification
Absent	94	31	63	.207**
Present	17	3	14
Metastasis
Yes	7	2	5	1***
No	138	46	92
Tumour location of pancreas
Head and neck	99	29	70	.153**
Body and tail	46	19	27
Nerve infiltration
Yes	98	28	70	.094**
No	47	20	27
Vessel infiltration
Yes	27	6	21	.183**
No	118	42	76
Tumour diameter (cm)
≤3	69	31	38	.019**
>3	76	20	56

^*Independent sample test.

^**Pearson chi‐squared test.

^***Continuity correction.